Configuration Outlook 2007 for TUHH

Basic setup

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If you need to verify autoconfiguration, you may have a look here.

Sent Folder

To save your outgoing mails on the IMAP-Server, not in the .pst file on your local disk, choose the "Sent"-Folder location:
Open "Account Settings" (see very first picture) and choose "E-mail": Select newly created Account, Press "Change",

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Press "More-Settings...", select "Folders":

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Favorite Folders

Adding your Inbox to the favorite folders makes access easier, especially if you have a lot of IMAP Folder:

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Download behavior

To make sure that you do not download all messages from all your IMAP folders to your local disk, you need to select the receive-behavior:

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Use settings at your own choice, but most likely you do not want to download each single SPAM-mail:

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But most likely you want to download all mails in your Inbox:

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How to Purge Messages

If you press the delete button for a message on an IMAP Server in Outlook, it only marks the message as deleted and displays it ruled out. To permanently delete it you have serveral options:

Select an IMAP folder, choose Edit->Purge->Purge marked items in "<foldername>"
or select "Purge items when switching folder while online"
To do so, select an IMAP folder, go to Tools->Options...->Mail Setup->E-mail Accounts...->Email,
Select newly created Account, Press "Change",
->More-Settings->General
or customize a purge button to the toolbar.
To do so, select an IMAP folder, go to Tools->Customize->Commands.
In Categories, select "Edit", in Commands, scroll down to 'Purge Marked Items in "<foldername>"'.

Move mouse over "Purge Marked Items in <foldername>" and press left mouse button. Drag and drop item to the toolbar:

Further customization like changeing the text or choose a different icon is possible by pressing the right mouse button on the icon as long as the customize window is open.